Columnists call for Jauron's head

Western New York sports columnists are calling for the dismissal of Buffalo Bills coach Dick Jauron in the wake of the Bills' 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

"The coach should be fired," wrote Jerry Sullivan, the senior sports columnist for the Buffalo News, on Monday.

The News, in a separate assessment of Jauron's performance, gives him and the rest of the Bills' coaching staff a grade of F for Sunday's performance. "Hard to come up with anything original at this point," it wrote. "Thirteen penalties is an indictment of Jauron and his coaching staff."

And Leo Roth of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle wrote on Monday: "So at 1-4, with consecutive losses to winless teams, there is but one recourse any self-respecting team would take: fire the head coach. Hold someone accountable."

Cleveland snapped a 10-game losing streak with Sunday's victory over the Bills in Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Jauron became the Bills' head coach in 2006. The team won seven games and lost nine in each of his first three seasons. His overall record in Buffalo is 22-31. His record as a head coach, including stints in Chicago and Detroit, is 58-80.

The Bills have lost 12 of their last 15 regular-season games, including back-to-back losses to winless teams. They were beaten by Miami 38-10 a week ago.